Blubos

Blubos matris
Blubos matris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Cucujoidea
Family: Laemophloeidae
Genus: Blubos
Lefkovitch, 1962
Species: B. matris
Binomial name
Blubos matris
Lefkovitch, 1962

Blubos is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. The only known species in the genus is Blubos matris, a large (4 mm) yellowish beetle with darkly fasciate elytra. It differs from all other known laemophloeids in that the lateral margins of the pronotum are visible in dorsal view.[1] It is known from a single specimen collected more than 60 years ago in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nothing is known of its biology or immature stages.

References

  1. Lefkovitch, L.P. 1962. A revision of African Laemophloeinae (Coleoptera: Cucujidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 12:167-245.


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